Dr. Kilmer's Female Remedy

Description:

"Specially adapted to female constitutions," this was the first product made by Dr. Kilmer & Co., an enterprise founded in the 1870s by a successful medical practioner from Binghamton, New York. Its label proclaims the medicine as "The Great Blood Purifier and System Regulator. The Only Herbal Alterative and Depurative Ever Discovered."

Kilmer's company was one of the first firms to advertise nationally, and examples of its 18 herbal remedies, including the popular "Swamp Root and Kidney Cure," could be found in homes across the country. Due to their questionable ingredients and extravagant therapeutic claims, proprietary medicines such as Dr. Kilmer's became targeted by the National Food and Drug Act of 1906.

Maker: Dr. Kilmer and Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, Binghamton

Subject: Women's Health ProductsWomen's Health

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, Balm of America

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Credit Line: Gift of Richard H. Bogard

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2000.0137.088Accession Number: 2000.0137Catalog Number: 2000.0137.088

Object Name: otc preparationOther Terms: Drugs

Physical Description: unknown (overall material)Measurements: overall: 8 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 22.225 cm x 6.985 cm x 4.1275 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-ad64-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1215373

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